topic Re: Version Info. in Operating System - HP-UX

Version Info.

Amrit Rao — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:26:22 GMT

Hi,

There are 2 HPUX OS i.e June 2001 and March 2003. Is there any command to determine which OS version is running in my lab?..

I did a uname -r but the o/p of this is B.11.11. This does not help me.

How do i determine the different OS versions.

Thanks,
Amrit

Re: Version Info.

Kurt Beyers. — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:32:27 GMT

The June2001 and March2003 are referring to the Support Plus Patch bundles that have been installed.

Do a swlist, you shall see the date of the patches in the description.

OnlineDiag B.11.00.20.09 HPUX 11.0 Support Tools Bundle, Mar 2002

Kurt

Re: Version Info.

twang — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:38:13 GMT

I think what you need is to determine the patch level, try to issue:
# swlist -l bundle
...
BUNDLE11i B.11.11.0306.1 Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i, June 2003
GOLDAPPS11i B.11.11.0306.4 Gold Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i, June 2003
GOLDBASE11i B.11.11.0306.4 Gold Base Patches for HP-UX 11i, June 2003
HPUX11i-OE B.11.11.0203 HP-UX 11i Operating Environment Component
HPUXBase64 B.11.11 HP-UX 64-bit Base OS
HPUXBaseAux B.11.11.0203 HP-UX Base OS Auxiliary
HWEnable11i B.11.11.0306.4 Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i, June 2003
...

Re: Version Info.

Enrico P. — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:50:46 GMT

Hi,
check for the swlist:
e.g.
swlist|grep HPUX11i

HPUX11i-OE-MC B.11.11.0203

0203 should be February 2003

You should have

B.11.11.0601

and

B.11.11.0303

Enrico

Re: Version Info.

Amrit Rao — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:51:48 GMT

Are u saying that the only difference between the June and March OS is the patches that are installed.

Re: Version Info.

Tim Adamson_1 — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 09:16:21 GMT

The OS version is 11.11 as returned from uname -r.

Whenever you install an OS, you should apply the latest patch bundle to fix problems and bugs in the OS. Your system has had 2 different patch bundles applied. One from June 2001 (which is probably around the time the OS was installed) and the other from March 2003.

Tim.

Re: Version Info.

Caesar_3 — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 19:47:37 GMT

Hello!

The June 2001 and March 2003 is the patch level
of exacly the same OS in the base.

Caesar

Re: Version Info.

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 22:51:33 GMT

There are different versions of the HP-UX installation / Core OS CDs. There should not be any differnece in the OS itself. The difference in the CDs lies in hardware support. The March 2003 HP-UX Core OS CD most likely adds support for new hardware (ie. faster CPUs, brand new model of machine, etc.).

The March 2003 installation CD will probably work on any machine you try to install HP-UX on, but the June 2001 CD will most likely NOT work on the newest machines on the market.

To get more info on what each release does or does not support, check out the release notes. For a really quick overview of each release check out the "What's new at a Glance" section.

For the June 2001 release:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/5971-2229/5971-2229.html

For the March 2003 release:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-2255/5187-2255.html